Li Hao sat in Yeyang City, communicating with Wuanguan while paying close attention to the movements of Qi State.
On Anguo's side, in order to attract the attention of Suguo and give Qiguo an opportunity to make a surprise attack, Li Xun rushed over after the troops were assembled and led his troops to Wu'an Pass.
After receiving the news of Li Xun's arrival, Li Hao also rushed to Wuanguan Pass.
After a year and a half, the two once again looked at each other across the city wall.
It's just that this time, Li Hao had enough troops and horses, and he was no longer in the embarrassing state he had been in when he reunited with the state.
Before the official war started, the two had a verbal exchange as usual.
It's just that Li Xun probably lost a bit miserably in the verbal battle last time, so he was used by Li Hao to inspire military morale.
He simply wrote a letter and asked someone to tie an arrow to it and shoot it on the tower.
But the problem is that the buildings on this tower are not made of wood, but made of masonry and cement.
So under the gaze of everyone at the top of the city, the arrow only left a small hole in the wall and fell to the ground.
Although Li Hao could understand this situation, after all, the hardness of masonry cement is not low.
Unless the shot happened to hit the gap between the masonry, you may not be able to find Li Guang from the distance of the city.
But understanding is understanding, but it does not affect Li Haolai's use of topics.
He immediately started laughing and said, "The people of Anguo are really soft-hearted. Now they can't even draw their bows. It's better to go home early, so as not to die in the city."
Chen Xi, who was standing next to Li Hao, was the first to react and echoed: "Yes, not long after the people of Anguo suffered a disastrous defeat, all the elites in the country were lost.
Nowadays, these people below don't even know where they got their strong men. At this level, it is simply a daydream to break through Wu'an Pass. "
With the two singing together, the tense atmosphere on the city suddenly relaxed a lot.
Li Hao didn't bother to read the letter after that, since he probably didn't have anything nice to say anyway.
Then he ordered: "Come here, bring me a bow, and let me teach the people of Anguo what real archery is."
After Li Hao achieved success in his internal strength, ordinary bows could no longer allow Li Hao to perform to his maximum potential.
Li Hao didn't pay much attention to it before, but after returning this time, he suddenly thought of it and asked someone to make a huge bow worth ten stones.
After all, if there are muskets, the role of bows and arrows is actually very small, and there is no need to continue to develop them.
But considering how to show off one's power on the battlefield, shooting with a musket is obviously not as intimidating as a bow and arrow.
The craftsmen put a lot of effort into this, and it took several months just to select the materials.
Of course, in order to meet the bow power requirements, it is inevitable that it will be a little too large.
Therefore, everyone on the city wall was frightened when they saw the bow being lifted up. At the same time, they also didn't understand how to use this bow.
After all, even if you don’t look at the strength, the size alone cannot be opened with your arms.
But soon Li Hao gave them a demonstration. After placing the bow and arrow, Li Hao took a special arrow and placed it on the bowstring.
Then he raised one foot to press against the bow's waist, then put his hand on the bow string and pushed backwards.
Under everyone's surprised gazes, this strange giant bow was slowly opened.
After the bow string was fully drawn, Li Hao slightly changed the angle and launched the arrow.
Li Hao didn't have much expectations for this bow. After all, he had already discovered it when he was testing it in the capital.
Although the range is indeed very long, even compared to the Eight Ox Crossbow in the Zhifu world, which requires multiple people to operate the winch, it is almost the same, reaching an astonishing more than a thousand meters.
But because its bow power is too strong, there is no guarantee of accuracy.
Anyway, when Li Hao tried shooting, he almost never hit the target. He could only guarantee the general direction and then let everything happen.
Therefore, after letting go, Li Hao didn't pay much attention to the landing point of the arrow, but started to move Yangzhou slowly to recover.
Damage caused by the recoil force when the bow and arrow were first fired.
There is no way, this bow is so powerful that even if Li Hao uses all his internal power, he cannot use it continuously.
But he didn't expect that this bow would give Li Hao a surprise. Just when Li Hao was immersed in healing, a burst of cheers suddenly came to his ears.
In this noisy voice, Li Hao finally distinguished the words "Your Highness... the flag... is broken...".
He quickly looked up and saw that An Jun's former military flag closest to the city wall was gone.
This time Gong Yegu was overjoyed. Before the war started, the enemy's flag was broken, which was a sign of great victory.
However, at this time, he only thought that this was Li Hao's deliberate action. After all, Li Hao remained silent after shooting the arrow. He also thought that Li Hao was confident.
The atmosphere immediately began to build: "Your Highness is brave, the country will win."
With his lead, the soldiers on the city wall immediately stood up and shouted, so that Li Hao could only pretend to be calm and admitted the matter.
On the Anjun side, they really didn't expect that their own flag could be shot down by the opponent from such a distance, and their morale was greatly reduced for a while.
After all, breaking the flag was a taboo in ancient times. They could only be lucky that it was before the war, otherwise the consequences would not be as simple as lowering morale.
Li Xuan understood that in this situation, it was definitely not possible to attack the city by force. He could only order the withdrawal of troops and wait for morale to be restored before coming back.
In addition, Li Xuan was also afraid. Fortunately, he did not go to the front of the formation to provoke him, otherwise he would have the ability to shoot down the flags, so it would not be difficult to shoot himself.
So he secretly decided that if he had to lead troops again in the future, he would definitely keep a safe distance and never take risks in front of the formation.
On the city wall, watching An Jun gradually retreat, Li Hao simply boosted his morale and asked Gong Yegu to stay to prevent An Jun from returning, and then planned to leave the city wall.
Gong Yegu said at this time: "Your Highness, why don't you just leave this bow on the wall, it can also be used to intimidate Anjun."
Regarding this proposal, Li Hao did not refuse: "Okay, then stay at the top of the city, but you have to help me keep it safe. After all, it is not easy to make this thing, and I don't have a second one."
Seeing Li Hao's agreement, Gong Yegu quickly agreed: "Don't worry, Your Highness, I will have it moved to the tower later and have it specially guarded. I will never let it get damaged at all."
Li Hao nodded, and then led Chen Xi and the others down the city wall.
As soon as Li Hao left, the giant bow left on top of the city attracted everyone's attention.
Gong Yegu and a group of other junior high school students immediately surrounded him, and then someone suggested: "Master Marquis, this bow can actually shoot almost nine hundred steps. Why don't you try it by pulling it."
Gong Yegu was a military commander, so he naturally liked this kind of powerful weapon. However, it was Li Hao's thing, so it was really not good for him to use it directly.
Then he said: "This is your Highness's property. Without His Highness's order, how can we touch it without permission?"
Just looking at his happy look, it really didn't look like he didn't want to give it a try.
So someone made an excuse for him, "Your Highness only asked for safekeeping, but he didn't say not to let others use it. It's okay to give it a try. This bow is so powerful. If you don't use it properly, wouldn't it be a waste?"
The situation in the city is not critical now. As His Highness, there is no need to sit on the city wall all the time. Wouldn't it be better if we could use it. "
Gong Yegu felt that this reason was feasible, but he did not take action directly. Instead, he sent someone down to the city to find Li Hao and ask for his opinion.
It was just a weapon, and Li Hao didn't stop it, but he didn't think they could use it.
With Li Hao's consent, Gong Yegu was the first to take action, imitating Li Hao's actions just now and trying to stretch the bowstring.
But an embarrassing scene occurred, because no matter how hard Gong Yegu tried, the bow was slightly stretched and stopped moving.
This made Gong Yegu a little dumbfounded. After all, he still knew his own strength.
Although he can't be said to be the most powerful in the country, he can still hold up.
It's the top group.
In the end, even after exerting all his strength, the result was still the same, so how strong must Li Hao be.
Seeing Gong Yegu's veins popping out, others began to have a clearer understanding of this bow.
But you know what you know, but as long as you haven’t tried it yourself, you can’t give up.
So after their attempts one after another, Li Hao's reputation was once again established.
The strongest men in the army are the most admired, and now Li Hao has completely crushed them in terms of intelligence and personal bravery.
Li Hao was still unclear about the situation on the city, but as soon as he returned to the reserved mansion in the pass, Ren Xin came over.
This time she also came to Wuanguan with Li Hao, but considering that there were too many people on the city wall, the human skin mask was flawed after all.
In addition, if the An army attacked the city, she was unwilling to take action, so she simply waited in the mansion.
However, Li Hao's deeds were so shocking that word spread all of a sudden through the civilians who were carrying military supplies on the city wall, and also reached Ren Xin's ears.
"I just heard that you shot down An Jun's flag while standing on the city wall. Is it true?"
Li Hao smiled and said, "That must be true. I can still fake the arrows I fired in front of thousands of eyes on the city wall.
You don’t know, I was so cool and unrestrained at that time, and while talking and laughing, my boats and oars were turned into ashes. "
Ren Xin chuckled softly when he heard the words, and asked again: "Okay, but that bow should also be specially made, otherwise ordinary bows and arrows would not be able to shoot that far.
Now, have you brought that bow back? Show it to me? "
Li Hao replied: "No, it was placed on the top of the city. If you really want to see it, I will take you to the city wall to see it in the evening."
As an assassin, Ren Xin was very interested in this kind of weapon and quickly confirmed: "Okay, then it's settled."
While talking, Li Hao was also a little thirsty, so he reached for the teapot and poured tea.
But although Li Hao's arm had been nursed back to health by Yang Zhou, it still hadn't fully recovered. For a moment, it actually lost some strength, causing the teapot to fall.
Fortunately, Li Hao reacted in time, quickly used his internal strength, and stabilized himself again.
When Ren Xin saw this, he immediately frowned and said, "There is something wrong with you. Your hand is injured because of that bow."
Li Hao took a sip of tea first and then replied calmly: "It's a little bit. The bow itself has rebound. The power of that bow is too great. Even if I try my best, I can't fully control it.
But it was just an injury to my arm due to the shock. You also know that my internal strength can heal poison and injuries, and it will heal quickly. "
Ren Xin seemed a little disbelieving and asked, "Didn't you find a medical officer to see you?"
Li Hao replied: "I understand my situation myself. For this trivial matter, there is no need to alert the medical officer.
Furthermore, I am not boasting. Not only in my country, but also in the whole world, there are not many people who have better medical skills than me. "
Ren Xin didn't believe this even more. He thought Li Hao was worried that the news about his injury would spread, which would affect the morale of the army, so he didn't call him a medical officer.
Then he said: "Then you lift up your sleeves and I will check it for you. After all, I have seen many injuries like this in Zhu Yiwei before. After a long period of illness, I become a good doctor."
Ren Xin's sudden concern was quite useful to Li Hao.
It seems that the recent time spent together day and night has cultivated some feelings.
So just as she said, he rolled up his sleeves and stretched them out in front of her.
I saw that Li Hao's hands were indeed only a little red and swollen, but there was nothing else unusual about them.
Li Hao said: "Look, I really have nothing to do."
Ren Xin did not answer, but reached out and carefully touched Li Hao's arm. After confirming that there was no fracture, he put down his hand.
But he still said angrily: "You are asking for trouble. You asked someone to make this bow. It must have been used before. So why do you need to show off today if you know you will get hurt if you use it?"
Even your arrow can't change the outcome.
It's just delaying An's army's attack on the city. But now that the city has enough troops and horses, they are not afraid of attacking the city. Isn't your effort in vain? "
Li Hao smiled and said, "Today was just a whim. Besides, I have nothing to do, but I'm quite happy to see you caring about me so much. It's a blessing in disguise."
Ren Xin didn't want to admit that this was concern, so he said harshly: "I just want to see how you look when you lose the bet. I'm afraid that you will kill yourself and disappoint the queen, but I don't care about you. Don't be sentimental."
After saying that, he stood up to leave, but before walking out of the room, he paused and said, "Don't look at that bow of yours. It can hurt people and things, so there's nothing good to see."
After hearing this, Li Hao smiled brightly: "Okay, then I can have a good rest tonight, which can be regarded as recuperation."
Li Hao's arrow had a big impact on An Jun's morale. An Jun finally rested in the camp for five days before coming to Wu'an Pass again.
This time, An Jun did not dare to make any mistakes and launched a strong attack directly.
However, the morale of the Su army was high, and with Gong Yegu commanding at the top of the city, the defense was watertight.
Li Hao, on the other hand, did not appear on the city wall. It was not that Li Hao was afraid of getting hurt.
However, Li Hao would leave temporarily and go to the rear to target Qi State.
If he keeps appearing on the city wall in front and suddenly disappears in the back, it will definitely make the people of Anguo suspicious.
It is better to let Anguo get used to Li Hao's absence from the beginning. Anyway, under the current situation, it is normal for Li Hao to not go up the city wall.
